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  • 1/26 It is bigger than this

    Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures between rival candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz at the U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan. Mr Trump caused a little stir when he made reference to the size of his manhood

    Jim Young/Reuters

  • 2/26 A string in winter's tail

    Winter returned with early morning snowfall in Aberystwyth as people made their way to work, school and university

    Rex

  • 3/26 Shutdown

    A bomb disposal unit officer at the scene following a suspected car bomb attack on a prison officer at Hillsborough Drive in Belfast

    Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

  • 4/26 Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

    'I Am The Greatest: Muhammad Ali' exhibition at the O2, London

    Rex

  • 5/26 Underwater ballet

    Professional divers give an underwater ballet performance at an aquarium in the city of Goyang, north of Seoul, South Korea

    EPA

  • 6/26 A shining beacon

    A ray of sunlight hits St Paul's Cathedral as seen from The Shard

    Mikael Buck/Rex

  • 7/26 Glowing Venus

    A woman gazes at one of the striking pieces at the V&A;'s new exhibition Botticelli Reimagined. The exhibition explores the ways that artists and designers have reinterpreted him

    Alex Lentati

  • 8/26 Spring has not sprung

    People make their way through Buxton town centre, Derbyshire, as Storm Jake brought snow and 70mph winds

    John Giles/PA

  • 9/26 I'm back

    Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA rests in a chair outside of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft just minutes after he and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

    NASA

  • 10/26 A Queen's hero

    Simon Weston, the Falklands veteran who overcame horrific facial injuries to become a charity campaigner, receives his CBE from The Queen at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace

    Yui Mok/PA

  • 11/26 Don't forget to clean behind his ears

    Michelangelo's David undergoes cleaning operations and half-yearly maintenance at the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy

    Maurizio Degl' Innocenti/ANSA via AP Photo

  • 12/26 Perhaps a little bitte(r)

    A combination photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoying a beer during the Christain Democratic Union (CDU) politial Ash Wednesday meeting in Volkmarsen, Germany

    Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

  • 13/26 Fantastic Four

    Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance, Best Actress Brie Larson, Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander pose with their Oscars backstage at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California

    Mike Blake/Reuters

  • 14/26 Can I win the swing voter?

    Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre, swings from a bus as Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, left, Northern First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster and Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Jonathan Bell, third right, look on during a visit to Wrightbus Chassis plant in Antrim

    Niall Carson/PA

  • 15/26 Disaster exercise

    Volunteers help out as victims in the largest ever disaster training exercise in the 150 year history of the London Fire Brigade in a four day scenario based around a building collapsing onto a tube station.

    Jeremy Selwyn

  • 16/26 Eruption

    The Tungurahua volcano spews fumes and lava in Huambalo, Ecuador, affecting neighboring parishes with ashfall

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 17/26 Flying start

    People watch from a railway platform as the Flying Scotsman steam engine prepares to leave Kings Cross station in London. Celebrity locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman made its official return to steam with a celebratory "Inaugural Run" along the East Coast Mainline after a decade-long £4.2m restoration

    Paul Hackett/Reuters

  • 18/26 Lorde knows!

    Lorde performs a David Bowie tribute at the BRIT Awards in the O2 arena in London

    Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

  • 19/26 Stand to attention

    Oscar statues stand ready for paint and touch ups during preparations for the 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California

    Paul Buck/EPA

  • 20/26 My majority is this big

    Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to his sons Donald Trump Jr, left, and Eric Trump, right, as he addresses supporters after being declared by the television networks as the winner of the Nevada Republican caucuses at his caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada

    Jim Young/Reuters

  • 21/26 Devastation

    An aerial view of Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire where one person died and a major search operation was under way for three others after a building collapsed

    Steve Parsons/PA

  • 22/26 Playful princess

    A composite photo of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as she takes part in a song during an assembly during a visit to the Place2Be charity at Catherine's Primary School

    Andrew Milligan/Getty Images

  • 23/26 We applaud new name

    Queen Elizabeth at the site of the new Crossrail Bond Street station, which is still under construction, after she formally unveiled a new roundel for the line. It is to be renamed the "Elizabeth line" from December 2018 when it opens to passengers in the capital

    Richard Pohle/The Times/PA

  • 24/26 Full moon in the Big Apple

    A full moon rises over the Statue of Liberty, seen from the Port Liberte neighborhood of Jersey City,

    Julio Cortez/AP

  • 25/26 Titanic name change

    Builders install a sign at Odeon Leicester Square in London, which has changed its name to LEODEON (gettit?), ahead of this Sunday's Academy Awards to show support for Leonardo DiCaprio who has been nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for The Revenant, it is only the second time in its history that the cinema will change its name since being erected in 1937

  • 26/26 Big hair, big show

    Models on the catwalk during the Ashish Fall Winter 2016 Women's Show at BFC Show Space Show

    Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA

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